Aigues-Mortes facts for kids
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Aigues-Mortes (French for "dead waters") is a city in the south of France. It is in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It was originally founded by the Romans in the year 102 BC. The first records mentioning it under its current name date from the 10th century. Louis IX of France rebuilt the port in the 13th century. It was the only French port of the Mediterranean at that time. The city is laid out as a bastide. It was the starting point for the Seventh Crusade (1248) and Eighth Crusade (1270). Due to changes of the coastline, the city is several miles from the sea. It is linked to the sea through a canal, nowadays. It has well-preserved city walls. In 1999, about 6.000 people lived there. Aigues-Mortes is about 35 km from Nîmes.
Images for kids
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Louis IX on a ship departing from Aigues-Mortes, for the Seventh Crusade
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Map of Aigues-Mortes and its access to the sea
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Aigues-Mortes Plan
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The saltworks at Aigues-Mortes
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Aerial view of Aigues-Mortes
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Tower of Constance
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Panoramic view of the Ramparts from the south-east at the coast
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The Carbonnière Tower
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Statue of Saint-Louis
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The Canal du Rhône à Sète traversing Aigues-Mortes
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Letter from Mr. Fargeon, administrator of the Canal of Aigues-Mortes, 25 November 1806
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The canal du Rhône à Sète in 1915
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City walls 1
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City walls 2
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City walls 3
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City walls 4
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City wall 5
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City wall 6
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City wall 7
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City wall 8
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The entrance of the Queen, Aigues-Morte in 1867, by Frédéric Bazille, displayed at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Aerial view of the Carbonnière Tower
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Church of Notre-Dame-des-Sablons
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Statue of Saint-Louis in the Church of Notre-Dame-des-Sablons
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Remains of a crucifix in the Church of Notre-Dame-des-Sablons
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Map of the town with its isolated keep.
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Tour de Constance
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Tour de Constance
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Interior of city walls.
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Interior of the town ramparts.
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Southern wall.
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Main Gate in southern wall.
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Another gate in the southern wall.
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Western wall from Tour de Constance.
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Northern wall.
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View of the southern ramparts and the salt marshes.
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Ramparts of the town of Aigues-Mortes.
See also
In Spanish: Aigues-Mortes para niños
